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Enlarge / Take the Google Messaging quiz! Can you name all the icons? Ron Amadeo Google Talk, Google’s first-ever instant messaging platform, launched on August 24, 2005. This company has been in the messaging business for 16 years, meaning Google has been making messaging clients for longer than some of its rivals have existed. But thanks to a decade and a half of nearly constant strategy changes, competing product launches, and internal… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Elevated commodity prices and expectations for earnings growth are igniting bullish bets on emerging-market equities after more than a decade of underperformance that left them approaching a 20-year low against developed-nation stocks. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Lazard Asset Management expect a boost for developing equities as investors capitalize on cheap valuations once vaccine rollouts pick up, helping the global economy to recover from the pandemic…. Source link

By Evan Sully and Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) -U.S. consumer sentiment dropped sharply in early August to its lowest level in a decade, in a worrying sign for the economy as Americans gave faltering outlooks on everything from personal finances to inflation and employment, a survey showed on Friday. The unexpected reading could give Federal Reserve policymakers pause if it translates in the months ahead to a dent in economic activity. The central bank has been getting closer to a decision on… Source link

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) recently launched the subscription option for full self-driving. Loup Ventures Managing Partner Gene Munster offered his take on what this means for the company. FSD Can Move The Financial Needle: The subscription option can accelerate FSD adoption, given the cost shifts from $10,000 upfront to $200 per month, or $99 for cars that already have advanced Autopilot, Munster said in the note. This, according to the analyst, is an important step along the long-term path… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Global food prices extended their rally to the highest in almost a decade, heightening concerns over bulging grocery bills as economies struggle to exit the Covid-19 crisis. A United Nations gauge of world food costs climbed for a 12th straight month in May, its longest stretch in a decade. The continued advance risks accelerating broader inflation, complicating central banks efforts to provide more stimulus. Drought in key Brazilian growing regions is crippling crops from corn… Source link

Eric Haider was born prematurely, tiny and frail, with a heart murmur. He wasn’t expected to survive. But he did. As a child, Eric, who was deaf in one ear, learned how to sign and went through years of physical therapy for the complications he endured as a preemie. But the tiny baby eventually turned into a strong, six-foot-tall man who, according to his mother, once literally gave the shirt off his back to a stranger who needed it for a job interview. “That’s who he was,” his mother… Source link

TipRanks 3 Stocks Trading at Rock-Bottom Prices; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ Investing is all about profits, and part of generating profits is knowing when to start the game. The old adage says to buy low and sell high, and while it’s tempting just to discount cliches like that, they’ve passed into common currency because they embody a fundamental truth. Buying low is always a good start in building a portfolio. The trick, however, is recognizing the right stocks to buy low. Prices fall for a… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. Treasuries tumbled anew on Wednesday, driving long-maturity yields to their highest levels this week and pushing up inflation expectations as traders continued to price in a quicker economic rebound from the pandemic. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields surged as much as 10.3 basis points to 1.495%, a move reminiscent of last Thursday’s startling selloff in government debt. Meanwhile, a market proxy for the anticipated annual inflation rate for the next half-decade… Source link

In a pandemic year that saw businesses across the world take a big hit, Alibaba wasn’t immune to the impact of COVID-19, especially given the fact that the coronavirus pandemic began in China. Alibaba’s market value is a whopping $600 billion, and hopes are pinned on the dual IPO in Shanghai and Hong Kong bourses. But a massive blow comes for the e-commerce giant as Alibaba and Ant Group’s $34 billion initial public offering (IPO) was suspended by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The Shanghai… Source link

Taylor and his first iPhone. Go Dawgs! Goodbye, Android. Hey, Siri. After more than a decade of dedication to Google’s mobile operating system, I’m leaving for Apple. I don’t have a problem with Android. But I’m ready to try a new mobile experience — and for my iPhone buddies to stop berating me for being the “green bubble” guy in group chats. My smartphone journey began in 2008 with the HTC Dream, also known as the T-Mobile G1. It remains one of my favorite… Source link